Oregon has joined California, Hawaii, Maine, and New Jersey in raising the minimum age limit for purchasing tobacco and related products to 21:
Oregon is raising the minimum age for buying tobacco and e-cigarettes in the state to 21, bringing its regulations into line with sales of marijuana products.
The new law, signed by Governor Kate Brown on Wednesday and taking effect on Jan. 1, bans under-21s from buying tobacco products and vaping devices, and makes vendors liable for fines for under-age sales.
The current age limit in the state is 18.
Previously: California's Legal Smoking Age Set to Rise to 21
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Saturday August 12 2017, @05:11PM (2 children)
Back when I was young, an attendant would pump your gas, clean your windshield, air up your tires and check your oil.
And we got free gifts... Some of those things became real collectors items. Too bad I didn't keep any of them.
Anyway if they're going to raise the drinking/smoking age, we should demand they raise the age for military conscription also, to 22, so we can eliminate the college deferment for all those rich kids.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Sunday August 13 2017, @05:19PM (1 child)
They ended the draft in the 1970s.
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(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Sunday August 13 2017, @06:32PM
It has been merely suspended, in '72. It's still on the books to call back at any time. I still had to register, maybe they don't have to now.
One of the reasons they lowered the voting/drinking age to begin with was because a fuss was raised about the conscription age back when civil rights was still a thing.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..